contagioso

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin contāgiōsus. By surface analysis, contagio (“contagion”) +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kon.taˈd͡ʒo.zo/, (traditional) /kon.taˈd͡ʒo.so/
• Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
• Hyphenation: con‧ta‧gió‧so

Adjective

contagioso (feminine contagiosa, masculine plural contagiosi, feminine plural contagiose)

1. infectious

   Synonym: infettivo

2. contagious

Derived terms

• contagiosamente
• contagiosità

Related terms

• contagiare
• contagio

Noun

contagioso m (plural contagiosi, feminine contagiosa)

1. infectious or contagious agent

Further reading

• contagioso in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• contagioso in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• contagioso in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• contagioso in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• contagioso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• a ogni costo

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kon.taː.ɡiˈoː.soː/, [kɔn̪t̪äːɡiˈoːs̠oː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon.ta.d͡ʒiˈo.so/, [kon̪t̪äd͡ʒiˈɔːs̬o]

Adjective

contāgiōsō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of contāgiōsus

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin contāgiōsus. By surface analysis, contágio (“contagion”) +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.ta.ʒiˈo.zu/ [kõ.ta.ʒɪˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /kõ.taˈʒjo.zu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.ta.ʒiˈo.zu/ [kõ.ta.ʒɪˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /kõ.taˈʒjo.zu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.ta.ʒiˈo.zo/ [kõ.ta.ʒɪˈo.zo], (faster pronunciation) /kõ.taˈʒjo.zo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɐˈʒjo.zu/

• Hyphenation: con‧ta‧gi‧o‧so

Adjective

contagioso (feminine contagiosa, masculine plural contagiosos, feminine plural contagiosas, metaphonic)

1. contagious (of a disease, able to be transmitted to others)

   Synonym: contagiante

Further reading

• “contagioso” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “contagioso” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “contagioso” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “contagioso” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
• “contagioso” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “contagioso” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin contāgiōsus. Synchronically, contagio (“contagion”) +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kontaˈxjoso/ [kõn̪.t̪aˈxjo.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: con‧ta‧gio‧so

Adjective

contagioso (feminine contagiosa, masculine plural contagiosos, feminine plural contagiosas)

1. contagious

Derived terms

• contagiosidad

Related terms

• contagiar
• contagio

Further reading

• “contagioso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014